第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl___36___ to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl__37__ the mother would not return to her eggs and she _38_to take them home. There she carefully __39_ the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days __40__ the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the41.
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. __42__, to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they __43___, the girl was able to __44__ her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to __45__. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when __46_ and in her dreams. Later, she had an __47___: She would pilot a plane to guide them in __48__.She asked her father for a plane and he assembled(组装) a small aircraft for her.
Caring about ___49__ safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not __50___ or follow him, and ___51__ slept in the grass.
One day, the girl ___52__ into the plane, started it and soon left the __53____. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds __54___ flapped(拍打)their wings and __55___. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
36. A. managed             B. attempted             C. happened          D. supposed
37. A. realized              B. expected               C. imagined          D. admitted
38. A. helped                B. decided                    C. afforded           D. meant
39. A. placed            B. protected              C. treated                    D. examined
40. A. ago                    B. out                          C. later                    D. long
41. A. family            B. lake                         C. home                  D. world
42. A. But                    B. Also                         C. Thus                D. Still
43. A. increased        B. improved             C. rose                    D. grew
44. A. ask                        B. lead                         C. want                   D. allow
45. A. fly                        B. race                         C. swim                  D. sing
46. A. asleep             B. away                    C. around                  D. awake
47. A. idea                B. opinion                    C. explanation        D. excuse
48. A. sky                        B. heaven                   C. flight                  D. plane
49. A. his                        B. her                          C. their                   D. its
50. A. respect            B. remember             C. recognize            D. receive
51. A. so                  B. instead                   C. hardly              D. too
52. A. climbed              B. looked                   C. reached               D. fell
53. A. house             B. floor                        C. water                  D. ground
54. A. secretly           B. disappointedly      C. patiently              D. eagerly
55. A. looked away     B. set out                       C. went by               D. turned back